Actors Who Dropped Out Of School

Whoopi Goldberg

(Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for IMG)

Actress and TV personality Whoopi Goldberg was born Caryn Elaine Johnson in New York. She dropped out of school at 16 during a troubled youth that included a series of dead-end jobs, multiple marriages and a drug addiction.
Al Pacino

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Bronx-born Al Pacino, a cinema icon, dropped out of school at the age of 17. He got his start on the New York stage to which he occasionally returns, including a recent stint in “The Merchant of Venice” on Broadway.
Johnny Depp

(Photo credit: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Johnny Depp may be one of the hottest stars on the planet, but he’s missing a high-school diploma. Depp dropped out of school when he was 15 with dreams of becoming a rock musician.
John Travolta

(Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images for Fiore Films)

Hollywood actor John Travolta dropped out of school at 16 to move to New York and pursue acting and modeling full time.
Nicole Kidman

(Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images)

The daughter of a biochemist and a nursing instructor, Oscar winner Nicole Kidman dropped out of school in Australia to pursue acting full time. Seen here at the Oscars on Feb. 27, 2011, Kidman worked on stage before breaking into movies at age 16.
Robert De Niro

(Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)

Acting legend Robert De Niro, who grew up on the mean streets of New York, quit school to join a gang. De Niro later studied acting in the city.
Sir Michael Caine

(Photo credit: MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images)

Sir Michael Caine, an Oscar-winning actor, was born Maurice Micklewhite to working-class parents in London. He dropped out of school at 15 to go to work full-time. He didn’t start acting until he returned to England from the Korean War.
Charlize Theron

(Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Oscar winner Actress Charlize Theron, a native of South Africa, left schol when she was 16 and moved to Hollywood with her mother to pursue a career in film.
Cher

(Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Singer and Oscar-winning actress Cher was hampered in her studies by severe dyslexa and dropped out of school when she was 15.
Demi Moore

(Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Actress Demi Moore was born in New Mexico but moved dozens of times with her family during her childhood. She quit school at 16 to work as a pin-up-girl and was married within two years. At 19, she found acting success as a regular on “General Hospital.”
Jim Carrey

(Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Star of films including “The Truman Show” and “Liar Liar,” Jim Carrey grew up in Canada where his family spent several months living in their car. He dropped out of high school as a teenager to go to work full-time.
Roseanne Barr

(Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Comedian and actress Roseanne Barr dropped out of school at 17 and was married young. She broke into show business doing stand-up comedy at the restaurant where she worked as a dishwasher.
Uma Thurman

(Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Uma Thurman never finished high school. The Boston-born daughter of a Buddhist scholar and a European model left boarding school at 15 to pursue acting full-time.
Ewan McGregor

(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Scottish-born Ewan McGregor left school, with his parents’ encouragement, when he was 16 to join The Perth Repertory Theater.
Jude Law

(Photo credit should read DIETER NAGL/AFP/Getty Images)

London-born actor Jude Law dropped out of school at 17 to star in a British soap opera.
Keanu Reeves

(Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Actor Keanu Reeves was born in Beirut and grew up in New York and Toronto. An ice hockey star as a teen, he dropped out of school to pursue acting.
Rene Russo

(Photo credit: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Actress Rene Russo was raised by a struggling single mother and was Ron Howard’s classmate at a Burbank (Calif.) high school. She left school in 10th grade to earn a living in a series of low-paying jobs.
Russell Crowe

(Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

Actor, singer and rancher Russell Crowe was a child TV star in his native Australia and dropped out of school to pursue his show business ambitions.
The Cinema Society And DeLeon Tequila Host A Screening Of "I Love You Phillip Morris" - Inside Arrivals

attends a special screening of "I Love You Phillip Morris" hosted by The Cinema Society and DeLeon Tequila at the School of Visual Arts Theater on November 22, 2010 in New York City.
Next Gallery:
Hollywood Ink

Wizard

It is obvious from her grasp of politics, national and world affairs that Whoopi Goldberg is uneducated, and has no grasp of what other people discuss in front of her.

Veronica

For your information (especially since you are a tea bagger), many of our founding fathers did not attend high school or college. I guess they were “uneducated”, too.

Also, try not to call the kettle black. You seem to not be very well educated in English grammar:

“It is obvious from her grasp of politics, national and world affairs that Whoopi Goldberg is uneducated, and has no grasp of what other people discuss in front of her.”

It should read:

“It is obvious from her grasp of politics AND national and world affairs that Whoopi Goldberg is uneducated and has no grasp of what other people discuss in front of her.”

Barbara Truitt

Veronica,

Thanks for setting that person straight!!!!

David

What is the one thing ALL of these people have in common? They are all flaming liberals. Liberalism lends itself to the feeble minded and under-educated. It also lends itself to the over-educated so-called academics that think they are the smartest people in the room. News flash: You are far from it.

The most ignorant person is the person that has never spent a day outside of the classroom.

tylerjake

Why would any “news station” celebrate people that dropped out of school in a city where more than half of the population doesn’t complete high school? WOW, no wonder Baltimore is the murder capitol of the US!

and Veronica….you’re a total idiot. LMAO!!!
Deskboy

Please tell Barbara Walters, you don;t have to tell me.
GAG

There are all the same “0″ zeros that voted for Obumer, and want to turn the USA into another UK !
ops agent

Be like the UK? I would rather be like anyone instead of gathering more debt it will only hurt the future and be a grave mistake 1 dollar here is like 70 cents to a pound in london and who knows the other places. Obama cant do anything if no1 supports nothing and choose to fight against cause he is not republican and this has some of the best actors in history point blank
Bill Morris

Many celebrities are drop outs from high school. Many more have not attended any form of higher education. Despite such lack of education and knowledge, the main stream media presents these same drop outs to the public as if these drop outs are educated and knowledgeable. You will note that the media rarely if ever mentions that many of these celeberities are drop outs and quite uneducated.
sypeNaps

you will like chanel 2011 and check coupon code available

Actors Who Dropped Out Of School

Hollywood Ink

More Photo Galleries

Entertainment(100)